Year End 2009
As I predicted in last year's final post, I think I did get a little more settled this year. Not that life didn't throw any curves at me, like getting two new association management clients all of a sudden this f ...
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Why Do We Resist Learning?
I am quite proud that my guest post over on the SocialFish blog on whether your organization is human enough for social media got so much traction that it is third(!) on their post ranks. I'd like to unpack the post ...
Holiday Gift: A New Blog!
I know, I know! You were probably just thinking to yourself, how is it possible that Jamie hasn't created a new blog recently?Well it wasn't just me. The whole staff at Management Solutions Plus (where I work) ha ...
Being Serious About Strategy Can Also Be Relaxed
I developed a draft strategy process for one of the associations that I manage the other day. It didn't take me very long, and it's fairly loosely defined. We have five Board meetings next year, and I suggested a ...
The Trouble with Hierarchy
In one of the (many!) amazing "Big Idea" posts that have been going around, Scott Briscoe on Acronym talks about hierarchy. Scott says we shouldn't hate hierarchy--we should hate the lack of leadership fro ...
Big Idea: What If Only You Could Change Associations?
I read and think a lot about associations. I care about associations. It's my career. I want the best for associations and I like to push associations into being better, more effective, more strategic, more human. So ...
Associations Next
Cleaning my desk, I came across my notes from Jeff De Cagna's ASAE Annual Meeting Session that I think was titled "Associations Next." There was more to his program than my notes, obviously (you can actuall ...
Setting Ourselves Up for Failure
A lot of what we do in the work world (and at home for that matter) is attempt to get people to say "yes" to us. We need agreement or approval from other people before we can do what we want or need to do. That ...